The film is based on Domscheit-Berg's Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website, as well as WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.

The Fifth Estate is due in US cinemas on November 15, while a UK release date has yet to be announced.

Cumberbatch will next be seen in the upcoming sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. Watch a trailer for the film below: